Beavers Open Pac-12 Play on Road against Huskies

Up Next
- The Beavers open up the Pac-12 portion of the 2017 campaign on the road in Seattle, Wash., against the Huskies at Husky Soccer Stadium
- The contest will take place on Sunday, October 1, with kickoff set for 3 p.m. PT

Follow Along
- The contest will broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks
- Live stats are available on the men's soccer schedule page on OSUBeavers.com
- Live Twitter updates will be available @BeaverMSoccer

Series Histories
- This will be the 48th meeting between Washington and Oregon State
- The Beavers are 13-31-3 all-time against the Huskies
- OSU defeated UW in the final meeting of the regular season in 2016 after David Norman buried the lone goal in the contest in the 23rd minute
- Oregon State is 5-10-1 against Washington since Steve Simmons took over in 2009

Simmons vs. the Pac-12
- This will be the tenth year Coach Simmons has taken on the Pac-12
- Simmons owns a 20-50-10 record against conference foes since 2009
- Against Washington, OSU suffered five straight losses from 2011 to 2013 for the longest losing streak with Simmons as the bench boss
- The Beavers defeated the Huskies in both meetings in 2009, when Simmons first took over, for the longest OSU win streak under his command

Scouting Report
- The Huskies are currently ranked 17th in the most recent coaches' poll
- Washington is riding a four-game winning streak after defeating Seattle 2-0 on Sept. 24
- UW has posted five clean sheets as a team in 2017, shutting out Loyola Marymount, Gonzaga, Drexel and Utah Valley along with Seattle
- The Huskies suffered a 2-0 decision to Akron on Sept. 1 for the first defeat of the year and fell 2-1 to Mercer on Sept. 10 for the second loss
- Washington is led by sophomore Handwalla Bwana and redshirt-junior Scott Menzies as the duo own 27 points combined to spearhead the attack
- Bwana owns five goals and four assists while Menzies has six goals and one helper
- Nine Huskies have recorded a goal on the year while 13 have posted a point
- Sophomore Elijah Rice, junior Quentin Pearson and freshman Blake Bodily each have mutiple goals with three, two and two, respectively
- Bodily owns the most assists on the team with five in 2017
- Redshirt-sophomore Saif Kerawala has started every game in the box for UW, owning a 0.89 GAA on 19 saves for a .704 save percentage
- As a team, Washington has outshot the opposition 137-83 for a 2.44 to 0.89 difference in goals
- UW owns a .489 SOG percentage while opponents are limited to .337

Last Time Out
- The Beavers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over [17/-] Pacific on Friday, September 22
- Jordan Jones put away his 25th career score in the 29th minute to give OSU a 1-0 lead
- Nathan Braaten doubled the lead in the 77th minute with his second career goal after taking a feed from Joe Hafferty
- Gage Rogers took over goalkeeping duties and needed three saves to preserve his first career clean sheet
- The decision over Pacific is the second win in 2017 over a ranked opponent prior to the start of the Pac-12 schedule
- OSU last defeated two ranked opponents before the start of conference play in 2004, besting [21] Rhode Island (3-0) and [25] St. Bonaventure (2-1, OT) during the campaign

Super Seniors
- The senior class of Jordan Jones, Jaime Miralles, Timmy Mueller, Jalen Markey and Sam Tweeton have combined for 299 career appearances on the pitch, including Miralles' time at Vermont
- Jones has 65 appearances for OSU, followed by 63 from Mueller, 61 for Miralles (OSU and UVM), 58 for Markey and 52 for Tweeton
- Mueller and Jones have contributed the most points, as Jones has 25 goals and six assists, while Mueller owns 23 goals and eight assists for 110 total combined points
- Markey is the resident ironman after accumulating 5,159 minutes in his 58 career appearances and has played a full 90+ minutes in 53 games over the course of his career at OSU

Fun Facts
- Seniors Jordan Jones and Timmy Mueller, along with freshman Joe Hafferty, are the only active Beavers whose first career goal came as game-winners
- Hafferty fired off the final goal in a 3-2 win over UC Riverside on Sept. 3
- Jones buried the first goal of a 2-0 win over UW-Milwaukee on Sept. 5, 2014, while Mueller made a splash with the second goal of a 3-1 win over Evansville on Aug. 29, 2014
- Gage Rogers became the first true freshman since 2014 to post a clean sheet in his first career start in the 2-0 win over [17/-] Pacific on Sept. 22
- Nolan Wirth was the last true freshman to accomplish the feat, doing so in a 1-0 win over UCF on Aug. 31, 2014 and needing only two saves

Transfer Market
- Oregon State has had success with transfers over the last few seasons
- Miralles played a big role for the Beavers in 2016 as he tallied one goal and four helpers.
- Matthias Binder is a fresh transfer for 2017 as he made 35 appearances for UW-Milwaukee in two years and posted two goals and four assists in over 2,600 minutes
- Michael Swift is another new transfer, coming from Clemson where he made 17 appearances as a freshman for the Tigers in 2016

Beavers in the Pros
- Oregon State has produced a number of outstanding professional players in recent seasons
- Danny Mwanga was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 MLS Draft, before Khiry Shelton was selected second overall in 2016
- The list of current Beavers in the pros:
    - Khiry Shelton - New York City FC
    - Alan Gordon - LA Galaxy
    - Emery Welshman - Real Salt Lake
    - Robbie Findley - Rayo OKC (NASL)
    - Danny Mwanga - Ottawa Fury (NASL)
    - Will Seymore - Whitecaps FC 2 (USL Pro)
    - Matt Bersano - Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL)
    - Tyler Back - Rovaniemen Palloseura (Finnish Veikkausliiga)
    - Mikhail Doholis - Kitsap Pumas (PDL)

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Players Mentioned

Matthias Binder

Nathan Braaten

Joe Hafferty

Jordan Jones

Jalen Markey

Jaime Miralles

Timmy Mueller

Gage Rogers

Michael Swift

Sam Tweeton